From Twitter 10-29-2010

[dac]

• 03:27:34: thank you, #tomtom, for leading us to a remote and closed ferry. don't rely on gps. #knowbeforeyougo
  
• 03:34:15: I would like to sincerely thank #mobil for leaving their gas pumps on at night.
  
• 03:49:12: I'm on a boat! #lakechamplain #ferryactually
  
• 03:53:34: according to my gps, we are floating at 3 mph...and I trust my gps #knots
  
• 04:08:07:

Comments

[lemonmerchant]

It's knots. Sailors back in the day would have a line with knots at regular intervals, and would let it unreel behind the ship and count how many knots came off to tell how fast they were going.

Nerd at sea! Nerd at sea!

[dac]

neat! thank you